Nuclear reactor control assemblies



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NUCLEAR REACTOR CONTROL ASSEMBLIES Filed June '7, 1957 26 Sheets-Sheet20

1. A NUCLEAR REACTOR COMPRISING A CORE OF CLOSELY SPACED VERTICALLYORIENTATED CYLINDRICAL FUEL ELEMENTS, MEANS DEFINING CONTROL SECTIONS INSAID CORE, VERTICALLY MOVABLE CONTROL FUEL ELEMENT CARRIER FRAMESACCOMMODATED IN SAID CONTROL SECTIONS, GROUPS OF SAID FUEL ELEMENTSBEING SUPPORTED IN SAID CARRIER FRAMES, SAID CARRIER FRAMES AND CONTROLSECTIONS BEING OF TRIANGULAR CROSSSECTION, ROLLERS ATTACHED TO THE UPPERENDS OF SAID CARRIER FRAMES, MEANS DEFINING ROLLER BEARING SURFACES FORSAID ROLLERS IN SAID CONTROL SECTIONS, SAID ROLLERS BEING LOCATED ONEACH CARRIER FRAME IN TWO PLANES, THREE ROLLERS IN EACH PLANE AT THECORNERS OF EACH CARRIER FRAME AND ARRANGED SO THAT EACH FACE OF EACHCARRIER FRAME EXPOSES TWO ROLLERS SPACED APART FROM ONE ANOTHER AND INDIFFERENT PLANES, HORIZONTAL CARRIER ARMS BELOW SAID CORE, SAID